{"id":1403731,"date":"2026-07-08T12:44:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T09:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1403731"},"modified":"2026-07-08T12:32:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T09:32:24","slug":"ukraine-s-long-range-strikes-reached-russia-s-saratov-region-tatarstan-and-bashkortostan-zelenskyy-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/ukraine-s-long-range-strikes-reached-russia-s-saratov-region-tatarstan-and-bashkortostan-zelenskyy-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine&#8217;s Long-Range Strikes Reached Russia&#8217;s Saratov Region, Tatarstan, and Bashkortostan, Zelenskyy says"},"content":{"rendered":" <p>Ukraine is responding justly to Russia&#8217;s attacks and its continued prolongation of the war, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said today, July 8, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/\">UATV English<\/a>.<\/p>\n   <p>Speaking at the NATO Summit in Ankara, Zelenskyy said Ukraine&#8217;s long-range strikes had reached Russia&#8217;s Saratov region, Tatarstan, and Bashkortostan. He noted that the targeted areas are located approximately 800 km, 1,400 km, and 1,500 km from the front line. Ukrainian forces also struck targets in Russia&#8217;s Voronezh region, around 300 km from the Ukrainian border.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;I want to thank the warriors of the Unmanned Systems Forces, the Special Operations Forces, the Security Service of Ukraine, and our intelligence agencies for their precision. The Saratov oil refinery was hit. The Special Operations Forces also struck an oil refinery in Tatarstan. Russians must feel that it is their state that is waging this war,&#8221; Zelenskyy said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p>As previously reported, operators of Ukraine&#8217;s Unmanned Systems Forces struck eight tankers belonging to Russia&#8217;s shadow fleet in the Sea of Azov during a single overnight operation.<\/p>\n   <p><strong>Read also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/zelenskyy-meloni-discuss-air-defense-and-joint-anti-ballistic-capabilities\/\">Zelenskyy, Meloni Discuss Air Defense and Joint Anti-Ballistic Capabilities<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukraine is responding justly to Russia&#8217;s attacks and its continued prolongation of &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":1403733,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,49,36415,53,55,50],"tags":[76,78,72945],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1403731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-news-en","category-11473-news-en","category-russia-en","category-ukraine-en","category-svit-en","tag-glavnoe-en","tag-homepage-en","tag-ukraine-strikes-back"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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